New Caledonia is home to many endemic species of plants and animals. Here, we improve our grasp on that biota by describing five new species of armored scale insects in the genus Andaspis: Andaspis brevicornutasp. n, A. conicasp. n., A. nothofagisp. n., A. novaecaledoniaesp. n., and A. ornatasp. n. Each is known exclusively from collections on southern beeches (Nothofagus spp.) in New Caledonia...

Twenty-seven species of armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) are newly recorded from Espírito Santo, Brazil, and information on the host plants and geographic distribution of the 31 species of Diaspididae that have been identified in the State is provided. New plant host records are reported for 11 of the diaspidid species studied and results are discussed with respect to development ...

*Corr. Author’s Address: Acroni, d.o.o., Cesta Borisa Kidriča 44, 4270 Jesenice, Slovenia, [email protected] 416 Experimental Research on New Grade of Steel Protective Material for Light Armored Vehicles Bernetič, J. – Vuherer, T. – Marčetič, M. – Vuruna, M. Jure Bernetič1,* – Tomaž Vuherer2 – Matjaž Marčetič1 – Mladen Vuruna3 1 Acroni Jesenice, d.o.o., Slovenia 2 University of Maribor, F...

the aim of this manuscript is to study the implication of aluminium-oxide nanofluid for an amphibious vehicle engine (viable on land and under water) cooling system both analytically and experimentally. to achieve this, a one-dimensional model of the engine cooling system (radiator) is considered through a computational fluid code in which the mass flow rate for a range of the coolant temperatu...

The purpose of this study is to ascertain whether variations in the limnological parameters of the Corumbataí river resulting from the discharge of a variety of wastes into its waters may be responsible for spatial shifts in the diet and capture of the armored catfish Hypostomus strigaticeps (Regan, 1907). Individuals were collected over a period of two years from two sites with similar physica...

A polydimethylsiloxane-based microfluidic device allows monitoring local oxidation events in organic solvents at the level of an individual air bubble armored with surface-active low-surface energy catalytic particles. This new technique permits tunable design microreactors for gas-liquid-solid reactions.

Only one species of armored catfish, Ancistrus cirrhosus Valenciennes 1836, has been historically described in the basin of the Paraná River, from Misiones (Argentina). However, the ample variation found in the morphology and coloration of the populations sampled in the tributaries of the Brazilian state of Paraná makes it difficult to establish the real taxonomic status and evolutionary histor...